Thromboprophylaxis in congenital and acquired heart disease across the lifespan. A French consensus position statement: Part 2 – from adolescence to adulthood - 30/09/26
, Magalie Ladouceur e, f, g, 1, Neil Derridj d, 1, Olivia Domanski i, Estiballiz Valdeolmillos e, f, g, Pamela Moceri j, Dominique Lasne k, Nicolas Combes d, Ramona Ghenghea a, b, c, Laurence Iserin l, Francis Bessiere m, n, Lea Linglart m, n, Damien Bonnet h, Sebastien Hascoet e, f, g, Sophie Malekzadeh-Milani h, Fanny Bajolle hGraphical abstract |
Highlights |
• | Thrombotic risk rises with age and reinterventions. |
• | Serial reassessment is essential across adulthood, especially in Fontan patients. |
• | Eisenmenger syndrome carries paradoxical thrombotic and bleeding risks. |
• | Antithrombotic therapy after TPVR requires standardization. |
• | Personalized treatment should balance thrombotic and bleeding risks. |
• | Women need tailored anticoagulation pathways. |
Abstract |
Patients with congenital and acquired heart disease are exposed to a lifelong thromboembolic risk that increases progressively from adolescence to adulthood because of residual lesions, arrhythmias, venous congestion, repeated interventions and acquired co-morbidities. Management is further complicated by concurrent bleeding risk. To provide practical expert consensus recommendations on thromboprophylaxis in congenital and acquired heart disease from adolescence to adulthood. A multidisciplinary expert panel from the Paediatric and Congenital Cardiology Branch of the French Society of Cardiology conducted a focused literature review and structured consensus process. Recommendations were graded pragmatically according to available evidence and expert agreement. Major clinical scenarios include Fontan circulation, Eisenmenger syndrome and Kawasaki coronary sequelae. From adolescence, bleeding risk may increase in girls and women as a result of dysovulation, menstruation and anticoagulant-related uterine bleeding, warranting gynaecological referral. In adulthood, thrombotic burden progressively increases through cumulative exposure to arrhythmias and reinterventions, such as transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement. Management should therefore rely on individualized treatment integrating thrombosis-bleeding balance, serial reassessment, patient education and tailored choice among antiplatelet therapy, vitamin K antagonists and direct oral anticoagulants. Thromboprophylaxis from adolescence to adulthood should move towards lifelong personalized care based on cumulative risk exposure, changing clinical status and sex-specific issues. Large prospective studies are required to refine risk stratification and optimize treatment pathways.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Adult congenital heart disease, Thromboprophylaxis, Fontan circulation, Eisenmenger syndrome, Atrial arrhythmias
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